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Fungi are known to be nonchlorophyllous and true nucleated organisms possessing cell wall of chitin and osmotrophic. Around 1.5–5.1 million fungi are estimated. So far one lakh fungal species have been identified in the world, and 29,000 fungi are identified and described from India. 32% of Indian fungi have been discovered by Subramanian (1971, 1992), and remaining 68% are described by others. All these fungi belong to Zoosporic group, Zygomycota, Ascomycota/Basidiomycota and anamorphic fungi. Presently anamorphic fungi are merged with Ascomycota/Basidiomycota as per one fungus-one name concept of Melbourne code and new classification. This review presents the historical perspective emphasizing on the contributions made by Indian mycologists.
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Manoharachary, C. (2017). History of Mycology from India—Some Glimpses. In: Satyanarayana, T., Deshmukh, S., Johri, B. (eds) Developments in Fungal Biology and Applied Mycology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4768-8_3
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